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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1974 I ' . . -- 18 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS Set MCC Ground Breaking VOLUME 98 NUMBER 60 Plan For World Day Of Prayer Church Women United in McHenry will celebrate World Day of Prayer Friday, March 1, with coffee hour at 9:30 and services at 10 a.m. at Mount Hope United Methodist church, 1015 Broadway, Pistakee Highlands. They will unite in prayers for "peace building" with women in 168 lands on this eighty-eighth World Day of Prayer. Baby sittingwill be available Five leaders In Church Women United meet at Mount Hope Methodist church, Pistakee Highlands, to plan for World Day of Prayer services Friday, March 1, From left, they are Libby Podpora of McHenry, vice-president of C.W.U.; Pauline Helbing of Crystal Lake, chairman for Crystal Lake World Day of Prayer; Pat Setting of Crystal Lake, president of C.W.U.; Mary Idstein of McHenry, soloist for the services; and Virginia Thomas of McHenry. C.W.U. chairman for the day, in charge of McHenry STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD at Chain O'Lakes Evangelical Covenant church, located near Mount Hope, at 4815 Wilmot road, Whispering Hills area. The Rev. Len Schoenherr, pastor of Mount Hope, will be speaker for the day, and Mrs. Mary Idstein will be soloist. Women from McHenry, Wonder Lake and Ringwood churches will be participating in the services. Other rites will be held at the First Congregational church of Crystal Lake at 1:30 and Calvary Baptist church, Woodstock, later in the af­ ternoon. The story of World Day of Prayer began in 1887 with a small group of women who firmly believed that the mission work for which they were responsible needed their support in prayer as much as in (Continued on page 14) A long awaited an­ nouncement was nriade by Mrs. Barbara Pautz, chairman of the board of trustees for McHenry County college, at the monthly meeting last Thur­ sday. "Ground breaking for the hew MCC campus will be held on March 10, 1974, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon at the site on Illinois Route 14 at Lucas road, west of Crystal Lake," she happily announced. "This is one of the most joyous announcements I have ever made and a big event for this college," Mrs. Pautz declared. "County residents have been working toward this a long time. It has been almost twenty-four months to the day since the bond referendum was passed," she added. A ground breaking com­ mittee was formed to make necessary plans. Named to the committee were the following: Trustees Gerald Smith, Tom Leahy, and Mrs. Pautz; Mrs. Shirley Davis, wife of MCC's President; Mrs. Lori Huml, president of the McHenry County Educational foundation (MCEF); John Garrett, vice-j president of MCC and Mrs. Diane Vickery of the MCC Publications Relations department. The committee announced that the following persons would participate in ground breaking ceremonies: All present board members, namely Mrs. Pautz, Robert Weidner, Hubert Lutter, Gerald Smith, William Ryan, Walter Turner and Tom Leahy; Dr. James R. Davis and John Garrett representing the staff; Viscounts To Hold Coin, Stamp Show Sunday, March 3, the McHenry County Viscount drum and bugle corps will hold a Coin and Stamp show in the gym at Parkland Junior high school in McHenry. The show will consist of over twelve professional stamp and coin dealers, who will answer any questions besides selling their merchandise. The show will be of interest to both the collector and the non- collector. Stamps from all over the world will be exhibited. Topics such as animals, space, presidents, flowers, and John F. Kennedy on stamps will be displayed. Rare and freak stamps and coins will be on hand. The doors will be open bet­ ween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. There will be no admission charge to the public. City Second In Fine, Fee Collections McHenry ranked second in collections of fines and fees for traffic and criminal distributions in 1973, according to the annual report released by Circuit Court Clerk Margaret O'Neil. McHenry's total for the year amounted to $22,087. Crystal Lake topped the county with $33,441.40. Other local distributions were as follows; McHenry township, $853; Sunnyside, $182; Spring Grove, $1,169; Richmond, $4,072; McCullom Lake, $458; McHenry Shores, $45; Lakemoor, $711 and Island Lake, $16,607. There was an increase of $4,004.40 realized in fines over 1972. Tragedy Averted With Rescue Of Two Brothers Two brothers, 2xk and IV2 years old, narrowly escaped death in the Fox river early Monday afternoon when they ran onto thin ice in front of their home and broke through. The boys were Christopher Kraus and his younger brother, Brian. Their mother, Mrs. Linda Kraus of 1902 N. Orchard Beach drive, rescued the children, assisted by a 16-year-old neigh­ bor, Michael Rausch. Friday Snow Storm Causes President Lori Huml representing MCEF; President John Adelmann representing the Faculty association, Student Trustee Howard Miller representing the student body and Co-chairmen Dan Malone and Ben Frisch of the Site Selection and Bond Referen­ dum committees representing Citizen's Advisory groups who worked on this project. The committee has asked Governor Daniel Walker to be the main speaker for the oc­ casion contingent on his schedule. Further information on ground breaking ceremonies will be released in the near future. Dr. James Davis informed the board that architects and contractors told him heavy equipment will be on the campus site next week and will "start pushing dirt around". Contractors hope to have both buildings enclosed by Nov. 1 so that interior work can be done during the winter. It is hoped that one building will be available before the second semester begins in Spring 1975. • "We will be in our present facilities all of this year," Davis said. "We are looking for portable classrooms to use during our program in the fall semester of 1974," he ex? plained. Dr. Davis announced that a welcomed communication was received from the state of Illinois via Freda W. Treptow, Nursing Education coor­ dinator, stating that "the McHenry County College associate degree nursing^ program has been placed on the * list of state appr6ved nursing programs with a note that it is offered in cooperation with the Elgin college." Students in the McHenry program may be identified as (Continued on page 14) 16,000 Without Electrical Power In Friday's Storm High winds that caused snow covered wires to come together with force resulted in problems that left thousands without electrical power in last Friday's severe snow storm. A Commonwealth Edison spokesman said about 16,000 customers were without power in the district for varying periods of time. Blown fuses and burned out transformers caused most of the outage, the company em­ ployee said. Although six tree crews were on standby duty, there were few problems from fallen branches. The thirty Edison crews remained on duty throughout Friday and until well into Saturday morning. Eleven of the crews kept working for several hours Saturday. The record time without electrical power was chalked up by a man residing near the state line, west of Rt. 47, north of Hebron. He was without power from 4 a.m. Friday until 9 a.m. Saturday. Woodstock was the com­ munity worst hit by the storm and waited the longest to have power restored. The Commonwealth Edison district which includes McHenry extends north to the state line, south into Dundee township, west to Franklinville and east to Fox Lake. Four members of the Hebron Rescue squad encountered difficulties about 5 o'clock when they were summoned to take Arthur Gritmacker of 9905 Burgett road, Hebron, to Memorial hospital for a possible heart attack. Due to the heavy snow and poor visibility from blowing snow, driver of the squad, Walter Valentine of 12208 Price road, Hebron, could not determine the location of the road. The left wheels of the squad left the blacktop, sank on the shoulder and slid into the ditch. Another squad from Hebron was called to take the rescue squad members, their patient and his son back to Hebron, where temporary treatment facilities were set up at the Rescue squad barn until several hours later when rOads were cleared. At that time, Rescue squad members, Robert Arnold, Eugene Seaman and Robert O. Peterson, all of Hebron, were taken to the hospital forj checkups. Arnold suffered facial injuries and was to un­ dergo surgery. Gritmacker was admitted to the hospital for treatment while his son, Donald Gritmacker was treated and released. Officers noted that at the time of the accident, the roads were extremely hazardous, impassable in parts with high winds up to 50 m.p.h. and visibility from blowing snow was down to about 10 feet. Parent Council Approves Smoking Area For Students Numerous Crashes In Area Mrs. Kraus and the boys had just returned from shopping and the children were playing near the back door while their mother took the groceries in­ side. In a matter of a couple of minutes she went outside to bring them in. Finding the boys gone, she was attracted to the river's edge by the barking of the neighbor's dog, which ran toward the water. There she found Christopher about 10 feet from shore hanging onto a piece of thin ice, only his head above water. He was crying for Brian, who was about 20 feet from land, face down with only his jacket in view. Parents and students who would like to voice their feelings about the problems of smoking in the rest rooms of East campus are invited to attend a meeting Thursday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m. in East campus library. The Student Personnel Policies committee of the East Campus Parents Advisory council, consisting of parents, teachers and students, has had a thorough discussion of this problem. After much serious consideration at two meetings, the committee has voted to recommend that there be a smoking area designated outside the building. The area would be available to all students who have a parent permission slip in his possession. The committee said it feels this action would provide a major improvement in the availability of rest rooms to non-smoking students as well as vastly improving the health and safety conditions in the school. The recommendation of the committee will be made to the school board. However, members would like to obtain further opinions on the subject. Sitting here in the midst of the winter's worst storm Friday morning, it occurs to us that just when we think there can't possibly be more problems to plague us, another one pops up. Looking between the huge, blowing flakes of snow we see lines and lines of cars waiting for gasoline to drive on highways which are mostly closed. Suddenly, it seems that a bit of humor is in order. For us, mathematics has been either the best comedy or the worst tragedy of any day, depending on our mood. For this reason the metric system jjgemed an ideal subject. We remembered having put aside a table of measures listing the English with its metric equivalent. Wouldn't it be interesting, we thought, to adapt some of our favorite old proverbs and nursery rhymes to the new system. j. Drooling over a luscious looking sweet roll on the desk, our first thought was the old saying, "He's all wool and a yard wide" for which we must some day substitute "he's all wool and .9 meters wide". And remembering how our car narrowly missed the side of M' narrow garage in backing ofit, another one caught our imagination. Hoft about "A miss is as good as 1.6 kilometers" for "a miss is as good as a mile". Or consider the teacher who must tell her promising young pupil, "don't .hide your light under a 35-liter basket rather (Continued on page 14) Twenty-four accidents were investigated by sheriff's deputies during this past weekend, sixteen on Friday, the day of the storm. Ernest Reed of 5908 Wilmot road, McHenry, was charged with driving while intoxicated following a pickup truck ac­ cident Friday morning about 1:30 on Wilmot road, just north of Stubby street, Johnsburg. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the truck in a small creek with the driver slumped over the steering wheel. Evidence indicated the vehicle had been north-bound on Wilmot road and after striking several road signs, continued across Stubby street, through private property and came to rest in a small dreek. Craig Condon of 4304 W. Ponca, McHenry, escaped serious injury after the car he was driving overturned on Johnsburg road just west of Riverside drive, west of Johnsburg. Friday evening, Orientation For High School Registration Eighth grade students in Johnsburg School District 12 are participating in an orien­ tation program to prepare them for high school registration, according to Michael E. DeWolfe, director of guidance and counseling for that district. On Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 the administration and guidance staff of East campus high school had a large group orientation program for parents and students at East campus. Gary Fields, principal of East campus, will visit Johnsburg Junior high Thur­ sday, Feb. 28, at 9:30 a.m. for a parent coffee to answer questions and further orient parents. Three counselors from East campus jvill be at the Junior high to present an orientation program for the students at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, in the gymnasium. Following large group orientation, the coun­ selors will go into the classrooms for a question and answer period. Actual registration of eighth grade students will take place Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15, when East Campus counselors visit the Junior high. Registration will take place in the morning. The counselors will be available at East on the af­ ternoons of March 14 and 15 from 3:30 to 5:30 for parent and student appointments con­ cerning registration or to register with parents in at­ tendance. Parents may phone East campus and ask for the Guidance department. These appointments may be arranged on the evenings of March 12 and 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. Farm Bureau Tights" RTA Sen. Jack Schaffer, Cary, discusses aspects of the RTA proposal with members of the McHenry County Farm Bureau board of directors. Board took official position opposing the referendum, and among other reasons it cited costs imposed on people in the five counties outside Cook county. Vote will be held in conjunction with the primary election March 19. (DON PEASLEY PHOTOGRAPHY) Farmers are "fighting mad with the slick job being tried to railroad the RTA down the throats of the public, a program designed to bail out the CTA in Chicago under the guise of area-wide public tran­ sportation". The McHenry County Farm Bureau board of directors reiterated this position during extensive discussion at the February board meeting last week. McHenry County Farm Bureau is doing something about what it calls "this inequity and unparelleled power grab," working through a special committee headed by Ed Meier, Jr., Algonquin farmer, to put facts before the public. "When citizens see the huge expense for what will be provided and realize the ex­ traordinary power granted the proposed nine-member board, I believe they will vote 'No' on •> - this referendum when it goes before the voters March 19," Meier said. He added that Farm Bureau is not against public tran­ sportation but believes ap­ proval of the referendum puts ' into force a bad piece of i'--" legislation with little hope it-^'y can be amended. (Continued on page 14) March 1 Penalty Date On Vehicle Licenses The City Clerk's office reports that a big rush is on to purchase 'City of McHenry vehicle licenses before March 1. On that date the fifty cents per month penalty goes into effect. Rules set forth are that ap­ plications by mail postmarked Feb. 28 will be accepted at the regular charge. The postmark rather than the date on the check will govern. The make and year model of the car, plus the state license number is needed for issuance. In spite of many published notices since last November it is reported that many vehicle owners have delayed in pur­ chasing their licenses. \ Further information is that stickers must be attached to the windshields (not put in the glove compartments) when the police drive starts. In other words, city licenses must be displayed the same as state licenses. » Condon was east-bound on Riverside drive when his car hit a patch of snow and ice, causing his vehicle to go out of control, hit a snow bank and overturn. City police ticketed James T. Wilke of 4216 Sioux lane, McHenry, for driving while intoxicated after he hit an auto driven by Anton P. Rebel of 4009 W. Maple, McHenry. The mishap occurred Thursday evening about 6:45 on Riverside drive, near Pearl street. Rebel said his car was hit by Wilke's auto as it was backed from a parking space. Rebel's auto was stopped at a sign when impact occurred. Wilke reported he "had been in a very minor accident and couldn't understand the problem." Ashley J. Granger of 4014 Kane avenue, McHenry, was cited by city police for driving (Continued on page 14) As she ran, Mrs. Kraus threw aside her jacket and swam out to Brian, who was in shock. As she was deciding how to bring both boys ashore, Michael Rausch was attracted by the screams of Christopher and came to assist her. The boys were taken by the Rescue squad to McHenry hospital, where they were kept for three hours until their body temperatures returned to normal. They sustained only cuts from the ice. Mrs. Kraus suffered severe frostbite of the feet. In recalling the events, she said the high level of the water, covered with ice, probably was responsible for the near tragedy. Unable to determine the ice covering the ground frohi that on the water, the boys suddenly broke through and were carried by the current.